arXiv Preprint Archive
January 28, 2023
Kelvin J. McQueen
preprint
In [1] it is claimed that, based on radiation emission measurements described in [2], a certain "variant" of the Orch OR theory has been refuted. I agree with this claim. However, the significance of this result for Orch OR per se is unclear. After all, the refuted "variant" was never advocated by anyone, and it contradicts the views of Hameroff and Penrose (hereafter: HP) who invented Orch OR...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
January 27, 2023
William C. Compton
4 citations
The article reviews progress made in psychology toward defining the parameters of what Maslow called the “Good Person.” The article concludes that considerable empirical support has been found for the character traits Maslow associated with self-actualization. That is, the fundamental description of the “Good Person” has not changed significantly since Maslow’s original work with two...
The Mysticism of Ordinary Life
January 26, 2023
Andrew Prevot
Abstract This chapter contrasts two postmodern philosophical approaches to the mysticism of ordinary life: one based on a phenomenological account of the inner experience of the flesh (Henry), the other informed by psychoanalytic, historiographic, and cultural-studies theories about the self’s relation to the other (Certeau). It argues that these interpretations of the immanence and alterity of...
Advances in Mental Health
January 24, 2023
Sarah J. Bolognino, Tyler L. Renshaw, M. Phan
ABSTRACT Objective Mindful breathing meditation (MBM) and loving-kindness meditation (LKM) are common components of effective mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). This study examined the differential effects of MBM and LKM on purported therapeutic process variables and mental health outcomes via component analysis. Method The research design was a randomized controlled trial with four...
PNAS Nexus
January 23, 2023
Cody A Cushing, Alexei J Dawes, Stefan G Hofmann et al.
The mechanisms underlying the subjective experiences of mental disorders remain poorly understood. This is partly due to long-standing over-emphasis on behavioral and physiological symptoms and a de-emphasis of the patient's subjective experiences when searching for treatments. Here, we provide a new perspective on the subjective experience of mental disorders based on findings in neuroscience...
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
January 22, 2023
Timothy G. Freels, Sara R Westbrook, Hayden R Wright et al.
preprint
Cannabis is the most used illicit drug in the United States. With many states passing legislation to permit its recreational use, there is concern that cannabis use among adolescents could increase dramatically in the coming years. Historically, it has been difficult to model real-world cannabis use to investigate the causal relationship between cannabis use in adolescence and behavioral and...
Journal of Emotion and Psychopathology
January 20, 2023
Philippe R. Goldin, Amy E. Braun, Eve Ekman et al.
2 citations
Objectives: To investigate outcomes and predictors of a Tibetan Buddhist meditation process called Feeding Your Demons® (FYD) vs. a waitlist (WL) control group of meditation practitioners with moderate depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. Methods: 61 meditators (70% female; mean age = 44.05, SD = 11.20; 43.5% White, 39% Asian, 9.3% Hispanic, 8.3% other) were randomly assigned to 1-month of...
NaUKMA Research Papers in Philosophy and Religious Studies
January 20, 2023
Taras Lyuty
The main purpose of this article is to establish links between the teachings of Hryhorii Skovoroda and the leading trends in Western philosophy of his time. Since the anticipated influences, similarities and parallels are mostly implicit, the main purpose of the study is to identify common motives for thinking, rather than direct dependence. Nevertheless, the biggest difficulty of this analysis...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
January 19, 2023
Koen Ponnet, Bert Hauspie, Nicky Dirkx et al.
21 citations
EDM event attendees are a high-risk population for substance use and associated adverse effects. The aim of this study was to examine substance use at EDM events, focusing on associations between attendance motives and substance use. Sociodemographic characteristics, event specifics, past-year use, and attendance motives were assessed through an online survey. Participants were 1345 Belgian EDM...
Journal of Neuroscience
January 18, 2023
Xiao Han, Ying Liang, Briana J. Hempel et al.
Cannabinoids modulate dopamine (DA) transmission and DA-related behavior, which has been thought to be mediated initially by activation of cannabinoid CB1 receptors (CB1Rs) on GABA neurons. However, there is no behavioral evidence supporting it. In contrast, here we report that CB1Rs are also expressed in a subset of DA neurons and functionally underlie cannabinoid action in male and female...